No, it's those Radar Sharks with Frickin' lasers on their heads: http://pokerterms.com/images/sharks-with-lasers-2.jpg -Mike On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 10:33 PM, Andrew Kirch <trelane@trelane.net> wrote:

On 2/6/2011 12:00 AM, Joly MacFie wrote:

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Lebanon's Telecom minister is claiming that US Navy radar is blocking the country's Internet..

http://www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/NewsDesk.nsf/0/93A95CA1A4E42178C225782E007...

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"The problem, however, is due to a coordination error related to waves,"

Ok, I'm confused here, did we get one of our Aegis missile cruisers stuck in their series of tubes?

Andrew

I used to work on some of this gear. The transmitters do indeed go to 11. If they want to talk, you won't. On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 1:20 AM, Martin Millnert <millnert@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 12:00 AM, Joly MacFie <joly@punkcast.com> wrote:

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Lebanon's Telecom minister is claiming that US Navy radar is blocking the country's Internet..

http://www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/NewsDesk.nsf/0/93A95CA1A4E42178C225782E007...

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"The problem, however, is due to a coordination error related to waves,"

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Nahhas told OTV, adding that an investigation was underway to find out whether this act is "intentional or not."

also at

http://www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/NewsDesk.nsf/Lebanon/EFCEF203B3C315A5C2257...

Well-known problem with radars and wifi (used to live next to a (military) radar research site): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar#Frequency_bands -- Check who uses S and C http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_band

Another reason to not rely on radio for your LAN/WAN in times of Aegis cruisers passing by... ;)

Regards, Martin